Light Up The Night

Welcome to our family.

Our Mission

Noelle's Light delivers financial support to distressed families that are receiving treatment & care following a life-threatening fetal diagnosis. Our efforts are dedicated to uplifting families during their time of need.

Our Story

"In 2016, we became two of the estimated 4,000 parents per day in the US that receive a fetal diagnosis. We were 20 weeks pregnant with our daughter, Noelle, when we found out something was wrong.

Our baby was later diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening fetal condition called Hydrops Fetalis. In an instant, our pregnancy once full of joy and excitement turned to fear and confusion. Our once playful debates about nursery paint colors had abruptly shifted to tearful conversations about treatment options and specialist care.

In that moment, we had no idea the physical, emotional, and financial mountains we had yet to climb in this journey.

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We spent over two months and nearly $7,000 in out-of-pocket expenses seeing specialists and undergoing multiple in-utero fetal surgeries requiring overnight hospital stays. We did everything we could to save our daughter's life.

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Noelle Philomena Laughlin was born and died on December 13, 2016 at 30 weeks gestation. Her life has inspired us to light a path of hope and support for other families facing a fetal diagnosis and its aftermath, no matter the outcome.”

Quick Facts

Our mission is guided by the facts about fetal diagnoses and families' ability to face them.

800,000+ pregnancies

in the US are affected by a fetal syndrome each year.

4,000 parents per day

in the US receive a fetal diagnosis.

40% of Americans

if faced with an unexpected expense of $400, will need to take on debt, or simply cannot cover the expense.

$2,000

is the estimated average out-of-pocket cost for families treating a fetal diagnosis. These costs include travel, housing/hotels, copays & uninsured medical costs, childcare, lost wages from unpaid time off work, and funeral costs,

Noelle's Light, Inc. is a New Jersey non-profit corporation, federally recognized in the US as a tax-exempt public charity under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Donations to Noelle's Light are deductible, subject to applicable IRS guidelines.